Kittrell College to Become Class "A" College, July 8, 1926

Kittrell College to Raise $100,000 Fund

Durham, N.C., June 30—To supplement the recent gift of B.N. Duke, tobacco magnate of Durham, and the more recent gifts of Prof. W.G. Pearson, J.M. Avery, John R. Hawkins and other prominent Negroes, the trustees of Kittrell College, at Kittrell, N.C., have authorized a campaign to raise an additional endowment of $100,000.

Prof. W.G. Pearson of Durham has been designated to direct the campaign, and in announcing its inauguration at campaign headquarters, Durham, stated that he expected to raise the fund in three months.

The authorities of the school plan to raise the scholastic standards to those of a Class “A” College, and increase in its endowment is an essential step in that direction. In addition, six new buildings are now being erected, and the institution is otherwise improving the plant and its equipment to meet the requirements of the standards with which it aims to conform, and to serve the increased student body which is expected next year from North Carolina and adjacent States.

With $100,000 additional endowment, the school will be one of the most liberally endowed colleges for Negroes in Southeastern United States, and will draw upon and serve North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia and Alabama, from which States large contingents of students are expected; while at the same time, students in smaller numbers from other States are expected to enroll.

In the campaign just announced, the appeal will be directed to Negroes, who are, in recent years, contributing more liberally to their own educational institutions than in the past. The alumni of the school will be enlisted for active service and participation in the campaign.

With six new buildings in the process of erection, and other permanent improvements going forward under the direction of President G.A. Edwards, the campus at Kittrell is a scene of busy preparation for the coming year.

From the front page of Africo-American Presbyterian, Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, July 8, 1926

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